Nabokov's last work to be printed

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 2:34am

August 13, 2008

Nabokov's last work to be printed

Vladimir Nabokov's son says he will publish the Russian author's last manuscript despite the writer's dying request that it be burned.

Dimitri Nabokov says in an interview with the German edition of Vanity Fair that his father must have wanted the work published or he would have destroyed it himself.

The work titled "The Original Laura" was left behind on 138 notecards when the author died in 1977. He asked his wife, Vera, to burn the work. She never did. His 74-year-old son says the work is scheduled for release in September.

From the Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-quick13-2008aug13,0,2949243.story

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 8:23am

BFB fulfills a dream, once again. Thank you for this. XOOO

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 3:31pm

XOXOXO right back at ya!

I'm excited about this too.

As far as I'm concerned, Nabokov's grocery list is worth publishing.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/14/08 at 3:57pm

I agree! Nabokov's "bad" is better than most contemporary writers' "good"!

One of my prized possessions is an LP of Nabokov reading from Lolita. It's brilliant. (Now, if I only had a record player!)